Defn: The quality of being peevish; disposition to murmur; sourness of temper.
Syn.
— See Petulance.
PEEVIT; PEEWIT
Pee"vit, Pee"wit, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Pewit.
PEG Peg, n. Etym: [OE. pegge; cf. Sw. pigg, Dan. pig a point, prickle, and E. peak.]
1. A small, pointed piece of wood, used in fastening boards together, in attaching the soles of boots or shoes, etc.; as, a shoe peg.
2. A wooden pin, or nail, on which to hang things, as coats, etc. Hence, colloquially and figuratively: A support; a reason; a pretext; as, a peg to hang a claim upon.
3. One of the pins of a musical instrument, on which the strings are strained. Shak.
4. One of the pins used for marking points on a cribbage board.
5. A step; a degree; esp. in the slang phrase "To take one down peg."
To screw papal authority to the highest peg. Barrow.
And took your grandess down a peg. Hudibras.
Peg ladder, a ladder with but one standard, into which cross pieces
are inserted.
— Peg tankard, an ancient tankard marked with pegs, so as divide
the liquor into equal portions. "Drink down to your peg." Longfellow.
— Peg tooth. See Fleam tooth under Fleam.
— Peg top, a boy's top which is spun by throwing it.
— Screw peg, a small screw without a head, for fastening soles.